Predictions for the state of the heavyweight division by the end of next year?

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  1. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Will Fury retire? Will Usyk retire? Will they fight each other? Will both still be champs? Will Joshua come all the way back? Will Hrgovic, Joyce, or Parker pick up a belt?

    Who will be holding the four major belts at the end of 2023?

    Let's see who is Nostradamus, here.

    My guess:

    -Fury beats Whyte and fights Ngannou for a novelty swansong, and then retires (for the moment).
    -Rather than let Usyk fight for the belt, the WBC sets up Wilder and Whyte for the vacant belt, and Whyte wins in an upset
    -Usyk beats Joshua, and petitions for the WBC shot, but is denied. He has to take on his mandatories, Joyce and Helenius, and wins both handily despite having lost a step. He wants Whyte, but Hearn will have none if its, and Usyk finishes the end of next year facing that he will either have to retire, or fight WBO mandatory Hrgovic, which is essentially another meaningless fight.

    Sorry, but this is what I see in the crystal ball.
     
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  2. Dangerwood84

    Dangerwood84 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If everybody fights who they should fight Usyk undisputed heavyweight champion, as long as Usyk stays out of any danger in the Ukraine and he keeps fighting.
     
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  3. The Townsend

    The Townsend Zeus. Full Member

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    Usyk Fury December 2022.
     
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  4. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Winner?
     
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  5. sasto

    sasto Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    In the next 12 months everyone will take a stay-busy fight and exactly one more meaningful/title fight that hasn't yet been scheduled will take place, probably the AJ-Usyk rematch.

    I don't take the Fury retiring thing seriously. He's gone through a lot of effort to keep that WBC belt so he can be part of the undisputed fight.

    If Usyk doesn't come back that would be a hoot. Would they be brazen enough to make a fight like AJ vs Parker 2 for three vacant titles?
     
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  6. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Fury Usyk

    Unless Fury looks poor against Whyte
     
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  7. Kiwi_in_America

    Kiwi_in_America The Tuaminator Full Member

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    Usyk, Fury, AJ and Wilder all retire

    Parker becomes unified champ
     
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  8. Robney

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    Joshua retires after losing to Usyk again.
    Wilder retires for not getting an immiadiate titleshot.
    Fury says he retires, fights some MMA dude in a PPV exhibition, and then comes back late 2023 fighting a pushover with a padded record.
    WBC belt will become vacant again, and some completely undeserving PBC fighter fights a Don King fighter for it.
     
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  9. The Townsend

    The Townsend Zeus. Full Member

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    Draw. Rematch June 2023, Usyk. (If he stays on top and doesnt decline due to the war)
     
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  10. The Townsend

    The Townsend Zeus. Full Member

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    Parker beats current AJ and Wilder now.
     
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  11. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The most interesting outcome would be:

    • Fury beats Whyte and retires
    • Usyk beats Joshua, and Joshua retires
    • Wilder fights a bum and retires
    • Usyk decides to fight for Ukraine and retires
    This leaves the HW division WIDE open.

    Then the sanctioning bodies hold a tournament to crown a new champion.
     
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  12. James Hudson

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    Charles Martin will be someone's mandatory
     
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  13. 6.5winmag

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    let me guess: canelo
     
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  14. DaRealJT

    DaRealJT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fury KOs Whyte

    Usyk KOs Joshua in their rematch

    Fury vs Usyk for undisputed in late 2022, Fury wins via decision. Both Fury and Usyk retire afterwards as ATGs; Fury as the second HW champion to never be defeated after Rocky Marciano.

    Wilder KOs a C-level guy for the vacant WBC belt

    Joshua may or may not retire after losing to Usyk twice in a row, depends on if Hearn can get him a shot at a vacant title

    Joshua ends up never fighting Fury or Wilder and will go down as a decent but ultimately never elite champion
     
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  15. Pepsi Dioxide

    Pepsi Dioxide Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They would more than likely hold 4 separate tournaments but yes, a unified tournament like in the 1980s would be great. Unfortunately there is no superstar like Mike Tyson to entice networks and promoters to put that together
     
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